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[FONT=&quot]Following on from last weekâ€™s story about the fake Apple Store in Kunming City in China, Fortuneâ€™s Apple 2.0 blog reports today that two of the five fake stores in Kunming have been closed by Kunming officials, but not out of any concern about copyright infringement or piracy issues, but because they do not have official permits to run a business from the premises. The original store that was featured in the first blog post from BirdAbroad that caused all the worldwide interest has, however, not been closed down. Apparently it was selling only official Apple products, and has now applied for an official reselling license from Apple. According to Reuters, Chang Puyun, a spokesman from Kunming governmentâ€™s business bureau, even went as far as to give the worldâ€™s media a little ticking off for making assumptions about the goods sold in the fake store:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot;]â€œMedia should not misunderstand the situation and jump to conclusions. Some overseas media has made it appear the stores sold fake Apple products,â€ Chang Puyun told Reuters. â€œChina has taken great steps to enforce intellectual property rights and the stores werenâ€™t selling fake products.â€[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]However, Reuters says that Chinese officials are also looking into whether or not Appleâ€™s store design and layout is protected by law in China.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] a spokesman from Kunming governmentâ€™s business bureau, even went as far as to give the worldâ€™s media a little ticking off for making assumptions about the goods sold in the fake store:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot;]â€œ... â€œChina has taken great steps to enforce intellectual property rights ....â€[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]However, Reuters says that Chinese officials are also looking into whether or not Appleâ€™s store design and layout is protected by law in China.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] a spokesman from Kunming governmentâ€™s business bureau, even went as far as to give the worldâ€™s media a little ticking off for making assumptions about the goods sold in the fake store:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot;]â€œ... â€œChina has taken great steps to enforce intellectual property rights ....â€[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]However, Reuters says that Chinese officials are also looking into whether or not Appleâ€™s store design and layout is protected by law in China.[/FONT]

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